Comments on: Fox News: Kicking ‘em when they’re down

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By: mew

mew — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:06:36 +0000

How silly. NBC has been around since the late 1940’s. Fox is a teenager. That Shep Smith “Bitch-Slapped” NBC was appropriate. The legacy networks deserve to be shaken. They are the past. Fox (like em or not) is the future in Cable TV news.

(From a 26 year veteran of NBC News)

By: bethT

bethT — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:27:41 +0000

I don’t know how much of Shep’s joke was a joke. I can tell you fitrst hand, because it happened to me, that when Roger Ailes left his post at NBC (America’s Talking) to start the FNC, he told us that when we got sick of AT (then becoming MSNBC) we had a job at Fox. Especially because he was so extraordinarly competitive and vitriolic.

By: El Dangeroso

El Dangeroso — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 06:15:59 +0000

I’ve worked for a Fox affiliate and an NBC affiliate. The entire Fox organization is a joke. I’m loving my gig at NBC, provided I get to keep it.

Has anyone mentioned Jeff Zucker made this announcement to the company while wearing a black suit and brown shoes? That’s the kind of decision-maker I want wielding the axe.

By: Hairy

Hairy — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:55:30 +0000

Look at the head of fnc, Roger Ailes, a republican political strategist. He runs FNC just like that, a political party.

By: Vinny

Vinny — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:32:57 +0000

Who the hell does think of the victims in their stories? I mean, can you honestly say the local news vultures swarming around a crime scene and shoving mics in the face of mourning family members are considering the gravity of the situation?

Of course not.

The truth is the media as a whole (Fox, CNN, MSNBC, and every local affiliate) is out to entertain, not inform. Once you stop the idealism and start the realism, you start realizing that, when viewed on equal footing, they’re all the same.

Hell, CNN is gonna air a special that features the murder of a US Soldier. Is that respectful also?

Enough of the high-mindedness folks. It’s all a circus.

By: Maxx

Maxx — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:00:12 +0000

I watch Shep every day and other than his never ending Yankee fanboyism he is a good guy. Perhaps he didnt think about the people getting laid off but he was just playing. The other networks pound on Fox every chance they get and are not half as playfull about it as Shep was.

By: Bob Jones

Bob Jones — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:57:15 +0000

Firstly, Fox News expanding is relevant to the story - without it people might believe the full cable news industry is falling - Fox News is hiring more and earning more, MSNBC is clearly not - full disclosure people.

As for the quip about coming to get a job at Fox, just a silly joke.

By: Eddie Daroza

Eddie Daroza — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:39:40 +0000

Steve, I KNOW you have sense of humor. That’s part of the reason I come back to your site everyday. Getting laid off sucks horribly. I work freelance in reality televison and sports programming. I get laid off every three months or so. The fact is, whether it’s music, news or movies, creating content is not a secure job. But yeah, I agree, making fun of a job loss probably is in poor taste. Still, I think Shep is a decent guy.

By: Safran

Safran — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:00:07 +0000

I do generally have the worst-behaved hair in television. But I like to think that the six years of writing here have proven I have a sense of humor. (After all, Nancy Grace is my favorite cartoon show.) But Gerry hit this one: his competitors are going to have to terminate the work of 700 employees. I’m hard pressed to find the humor.

If it helps, I’ll laugh heartily the day Shep gets the axe for a dip in his ratings. Ask not for whom the bell tolls…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:47:12 +0000

Gerry, for the record, I don’t think Shep was joking. And I don’t think FOX PR is ever joking when they issue mean spirited, venal attacks on competitors like CNN. It is their culture.

And, I am sure Safran has a sense of humor. After all, have you seen his haircut?

By: gerry

gerry — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:30:11 +0000

Zakk/Eddie/Anonymous…we’re talking about real people losing their jobs “over there”….a tad different situation than O’Reilly’s phone sex..any one of you three ever been laid off?
Regarding no sense of humor…Safran did mention that he usually enjoys the tit-for-tat between Fox and CNN..
Shep scored for his hard work on Katrina and the Israel-Hezbollah war…he fouled out on this one..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:18:29 +0000

Eddie is right, Shep was making a joke, a snappy, winking 10 sentence joke. Or perhaps it was a skit.

Safran just has no sense of humor.

By: Eddie Daroza

Eddie Daroza — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:12:16 +0000

I disagree with you on this one Steve. Generally you are spot on, but c’mon, Shep is a goofball. He’s joking.

By: Zakk

Zakk — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:39:12 +0000

Like MSNBC wouldn’t have a ticker parade if FOX were having problems. Come on, you know the kids at CNN would have round the clock coverage if there were problems at FOX. Does anyone remember the O’Reily incident from a few years back. Round The Clock.